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Green design & eco innovation for a better worldTue, 31 Mar 2015 17:05:17 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1By: webdeviihttp://inhabitat.com/5-things-you-should-know-before-buying-apples-ipad3/comment-page-1/#comment-379649
Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:33:29 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-379649I am the proud owner of the iPad 2, at this point I dont think you could give me an iPad 3. I just totally love it. Especially since I am partially handicapped. It comes in very hand for refilling my medications, keeping track of appointments. and the list goes on. Not to mention the entertainment side of the house. And we all know that i Pad’s dont Phone Home, I use the Magic Jack app which is free and allows me to ride the Verizon 3g network when I am away from my WiFi. I pay the 50GB Plan for $63.73 per month. Thinking about dropping it back to 20GB plan for $19.95 a month which is plenty for me.

Anyhows that is is for my comment.. Hope this helps any of you iPad 3 wannabees…..

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Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:20:48 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-378217In France, 25 employees working for “France Telecom” committed suicide in 2010 due to stress conditions! Just to show you that it doesn’t only apply to working conditions in China. Should start looking around you before blaming others. Am sure that in the US you could certainly find similar cases of workers committing suicide due to tough/stressful working conditions.
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Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:05:58 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-378104As other commenters have noted, Apple is not the only computer manufacturer who has used these suppliers. However, Apple is the ONLY company that has mad ANY effort to improve the, admittedly unacceptable conditions in which these people work. At least you’re not lying about the situation like some other reporters are:

Mike Daisey, on his weblog today:

I stand by my work. My show is a theatrical piece whose goal is to create a human connection between our gorgeous devices and the brutal circumstances from which they emerge. It uses a combination of fact, memoir, and dramatic license to tell its story, and I believe it does so with integrity. Certainly, the comprehensive investigations undertaken by The New York Times and a number of labor rights groups to document conditions in electronics manufacturing would seem to bear this out.

Except the investigations by The Times and labor rights groups haven’t uncovered the sensational things Daisey claims to have found. Worse, Daisey, in his numerous interviews and media appearances, has made these same claims under the pretense that they were factual. Here’s a transcript of his appearance on the Ed Schultz show on MSNBC:

SCHULTZ: OK. What did you see?

DAISEY: I saw all the things that everyone has been reporting on. I saw under-age workers. I talked to workers who were 13, 14, 15 years old. I met people whose hands have been destroyed from doing the same motion again and again on the line, carpal tunnel on a scale we can hardly imagine.

SCHULTZ: Making Apple products?

DAISEY: Yes. And making products across the electronics industry. **All our electronics are made in this fashion.**

Where is your reporting on all the other electronic devices, and non-electronic devices that are manufactured in poor conditions in China?

Or are you just jumping on the ‘bash Apple’ band wagon?

]]>By: Global Consciencehttp://inhabitat.com/5-things-you-should-know-before-buying-apples-ipad3/comment-page-1/#comment-377474
Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:27:17 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-377474How do you expect Apple to increase their profit when they cannot exploit the masses.
I do not wish to speak ioll opf the deceased, but Steven Jobs may have called himself a Budhist, but he clearly wasn’t one. He was a self centred and arragoant menace who should not be lauded or revered but revilled.
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Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:07:46 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-377208http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/24/boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom/

13.1 billion profit in Q1 2012 and they can’t pay decent wages with decent working conditions?

I am sure they are not the only one’s but as someone said already you need to start with one company then move onto the next and with such large profits, Apple is a good place to start.

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Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:56:00 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-377112Aloha whiteoakart,
I asked myself the same question when I heard about actions targeting Apple. Now I understand that by targeting one industry leading manufacturer we can start a change in the entire industry. Getting Apple to be a good employer will set the bar for what other companies need to do to attract buyers who consider the human/ecological impact of their purchases.
We are changing the world one issue, one company, one person at a time.
That’s why to focus on getting Apple to clean up worker conditions and the ecological impact of it’s supply chain.
I want the new iPad. I don’t want to workers, children or our environment hurt in the process.
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Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:01:04 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-376957I think that even if all the factories have the same problems, some of them like Apple are worst because they lie to people when they sell themselves as green and innovative…
]]>By: whiteoakarthttp://inhabitat.com/5-things-you-should-know-before-buying-apples-ipad3/comment-page-1/#comment-376949
Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:13:13 +0000http://inhabitat.com/?p=360149#comment-376949What’s with the obsession with Apple? All the computer manufacturers use these same factories and conglomerates. While I don’t condone these practices, I can’t understand the single-minded focus on Apple. If US consumers would quit demanding unreasonably cheap appliances, manufacturers could raise their standards. It’s a race to the bottom I’m afraid.
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